Legal Opinion
Dezendorf v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 18, 1938No. 8847PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ST. SURE, District Judge.
Appellant, author of an unpublished play, “Dancing Destiny,” charges appellee with having committed literary larceny in the production of a motion picture entitled “Stowaway.” Appellant claims a common law copyright and invokes § 2 of the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C.A. § 2, and § 980 of the California Civil Code.
The bill of complaint contains the usual averments of authorship, proprietorship, originality and copyrightability, access, and deliberate piracy and infringement.
After answer filed, the bill was amended, by stipulation of the parties by annexing thereto and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Nichols v. Universal Pictures CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930
- Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1903
- American Fibre-Chamois Co. v. Buckskin-Fibre Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1896
- New York Belting & Packing Co. v. New Jersey Car Spring & Rubber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Lowenfels v. NathanDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1932
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3Cited by20 opinions
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